Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, an adult lifts the lid from a large, apparently empty cardboard storage box. Inside sits the family cat, perfectly upright, with several missing socks tucked around it like a nest.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

驚おどろき

odoroki

surprise, astonishment

Example sentences

彼かれが失敗しっぱいしたのは少すこしも驚おどろきではない。
It is no wonder that he failed.
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何なにという驚おどろき。
What a surprise!
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ここで君きみに会あうとは驚おどろきだ。
What a surprise to see you here!
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Kanji in 驚

驚wonder; be surprisedOnキョウKunおどろく・おどろかす

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